Salvatore "Sonny" DePasquale
Emergentproductions
Bridging Fragments
(2022) I created this short film highlighting the plight of animals that depend on wildlife corridors in urbanized rainforests. I produced, filmed, and edited the piece about the work of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.
Busy in The Battery
(2021) I developed, coordinated, filmed, and edited this short film about an urban farm in NYC and the neighboring BeeVillage that lives harmoniously together to help feed the local community.
Monarch Butterflies
(2020) I developed, coordinated, filmed, and edited this short film about monarch butterfly conservation in the Niagara River Corridor. This film was Emergent Productions' first short documentary.
wildlifeprotection
Portugal Seahorses
(2019) One of my largest responsibilities at 4ocean was to work with all nonprofit partners. I develop the story, coordinate travel, film, and edit the majority of them. This one is about the declining seahorse population in Portugal.
SeaWorld Rescue
(2012) For six years, I was the camera operator for ABC's SeaRescue documenting hundreds of animal rescues and rehabilitations. This was a highlight of just the rescues in 2012.
Whooping Cranes
(2021) While working for the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, I had the honor of documenting their whooping crane breeding program from hatchling to release to the wild.
OCeanconservation
Cleanup in the Keys
(2019) This 4ocean cleanup tackled debris from Hurricane Irma. I produced and coordinated the filming between 4ocean and NOAA as well as conducted interviews, and was one of the cameramen.
Captain in Haiti
(2019) Captain Fred Pierre Louis is a boat captain for 4ocean's Haiti cleanup division. As the senior producer for 4ocean, I created videos like this to highlight members of the team.
Toxic Algae Blooms
(2018) As toxic algae blooms grow stronger with each year, local scientists are trying to figure out the ingredients necessary for this disaster. I produced, interviewed, and was one of the cameramen for this piece.
Pulse Remembrance
Stronger Together
(2017) I filmed and edited this beautiful piece written by the talented Sarah McBride, which used the voices of multiple DNC speakers to deliver a powerful message.
humaninterest
Oldest Scuba Divers
(2018) Phil & Grace are the world's oldest scuba diving couple. I was tasked with finding external stories that would be of interest to 4ocean's audience and this was one that I produced, developed, filmed, and edited.
(2017) A year after the Pulse shooting, the Human Rights Campaign wanted to communicate the message of healing. I was responsible for the research, interview, filming, and editing of this piece.
FLow
(2014) In an effort to capture the entire Everglades ecosystem, I spent four weekends filming from its headwaters to the reefs of the Florida Bay. The whole video, including aerial footage, was shot with GoPro 3.
Independentpieces
Elephant Forest
(2018) Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary's goal is to help elephants return to the forest from tourist camps in Thailand. I filmed and edited this piece about their project.
Coral Conservation
(2018) I filmed and edited this piece about
New Heaven Reef Conservation Program's efforts to restore the coral reefs around the island of Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand.